UFC 116 takes place July 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and features a heavyweight title-unification bout between champion Brock Lesnar and interim title-holder Shane Carwin.

Schaub looks for his second consecutive win following a quick, 47-second TKO of Chase Gormley at UFC on Versus 1 in March. The former Buffalo Bills practice-squad member has now posted knockout wins in every career victory, and none of the victories has lasted more than 87 seconds. The only blemish on Schaub’s record is his KO loss to Roy Nelson at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale in December.

His opponent, Tuchscherer, looks to build off a majority-decision win over Tim Hague at UFC 109. Prior to that fight, the Minnesota Martial Arts Academy and NCAA Division II All-American wrestler made his promotional debut and suffered a bizarre first-round TKO loss to Gabriel Gonzaga after taking a kick to the groin. The UFC 102 fight took place in Oregon, and officials wouldn’t tell Tuchscherer how much (if any) time he had to recover. Still dazed and dry heaving from the illegal kick, he quickly returned to the fight and suffered the loss soon after.

Grove, meanwhile, fights for the 11th time in the UFC since winning the third season of “TUF.” Most recently, he suffered a TKO loss to Mark Munoz in a “Fight of the Night” bout at UFC 112. Prior to the defeat, the Hawaiian fighter had posted three wins in four fights with victories over Evan Tanner (decision), Jason Day (KO) and Jake Rosholt (submission).

Reljic, a six-year pro, returned from a near-two-year layoff due to injuries and a subsequent back surgery at UFC 110 in February. After dropping from light heavyweight (where he defeated Wilson Gouveia in his promotional debut to earn a $75,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus) to middleweight, Reljic suffered a unanimous-decision loss to C.B. Dollaway.

The UFC and Spike TV contracted 10 “UFC Prelims” specials for 2010. In addition to UFC 116, a special is slated for this week’s UFC 114 event and next month’s UFC 115 show.

Six “UFC Prelims” specials have aired since UFC 103, and they’ve drawn from 1.2 million viewers (UFC 111) to 1.7 million viewers (UFC 109). They consistently score well in the UFC and Spike TV’s targeted demographics and help drive last-minute PPV buys.

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